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Earthquake with magnitude of ML 2.0 on date 16-08-2013 and time 01:13:53 (Italy) in region 3 km W Montagnareale (ME)

A magnitude ML 2.0 earthquake occured in region: 3 km W Montagnareale (ME), on

  • 15-08-2013 23:13:53 (UTC)
  • 16-08-2013 01:13:53 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 38.1350, 14.9150 at 17 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV.

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The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

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Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Montagnareale ME 3 1615 1615
Sant'Angelo di Brolo ME 4 3090 4705
Patti ME 4 13431 18136
Gioiosa Marea ME 5 7074 25210
Piraino ME 5 3962 29172
Librizzi ME 6 1660 30832
Sinagra ME 8 2705 33537
Ficarra ME 8 1469 35006
Brolo ME 8 5783 40789
Raccuja ME 9 1041 41830
Ucria ME 10 1058 42888
San Piero Patti ME 10 2915 45803
Castell'Umberto ME 11 3128 48931
Naso ME 11 3813 52744
Oliveri ME 13 2181 54925
San Salvatore di Fitalia ME 14 1319 56244
Tortorici ME 14 6435 62679
Falcone ME 15 2808 65487
Montalbano Elicona ME 15 2287 67774
Mirto ME 15 974 68748
Basicò ME 15 612 69360
Capo d'Orlando ME 15 13254 82614
Floresta ME 16 485 83099
Frazzanò ME 16 711 83810
Galati Mamertino ME 17 2627 86437
Capri Leone ME 18 4515 90952
Longi ME 18 1473 92425
Tripi ME 19 873 93298
Furnari ME 19 3784 97082

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
57 Km W of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
62 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
64 Km W of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
72 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Bulletin
Rev1000 		ML 2.0 2013-08-15
23:13:53		 38.1347 14.9147 17 2015-01-20
11:28:28		 Bollettino Sismico Italiano INGV 4419061
Reviewed
Rev100 		ML 2.0 2013-08-15
23:13:53		 38.1357 14.9223 10 2014-10-21
12:08:56		 Sala Sismica INGV-Roma 4267061
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2013-08-15 23:13:53 ± 0.15
Latitude 38.1347 ± 0.0072
Longitude 14.9147 ± 0.0057
Depth (km) 17 ± 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 1000 -> BULLETIN-INGV
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 4419061

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description uncertainty ellipse
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 799
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter) 167
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi) 340
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 800.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 78
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 22
Number of defining phases 22
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.32
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree) 0.09713
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree) 0.63132
Number of stations at which the event was observed 14
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 14
Magnitudes information

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.4
Num. used stations 7
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 4267061
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Sismica INGV-Roma
Time of creation (UTC) 2013-08-15 23:49:39

ML:2.0

Field Value
Value 2.0
Uncertainty 0.3
Num. used stations 6
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 4419061
Agency INGV
Autore Manually reviewed by Franco Mele
Time of creation (UTC) 2015-01-15 12:59:50
Picking and Arrival
SCNL Time Uncertainty Polarity Evaluation_mode Phase Azimuth Distance(km) Takeoff_angle Residual Weight
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2013-08-15T23:14:10.16 0.3 undecidable manual S 74 53.7018 98 0.1 69
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2013-08-15T23:14:05.86 0.1 undecidable manual S 88 38.2284 102 -0.13 94
IV.MTTG.HHZ. 2013-08-15T23:14:05.60 0.3 undecidable manual P 102 70.0743 96 0.17 66
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2013-08-15T23:14:04.22 0.1 undecidable manual S 220 29.6481 107 0.45 89
IV.IFIL.HHZ. 2013-08-15T23:14:03.39 0.6 undecidable manual P 328 55.9995 97 0.12 46
IV.IACL.HHZ. 2013-08-15T23:14:03.98 0.3 undecidable manual P 312 65.7897 96 -0.78 55
IV.GALF.HHZ. 2013-08-15T23:14:03.94 0.6 undecidable manual P 213 55.9995 97 0.66 39
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2013-08-15T23:14:03.71 0.3 undecidable manual S 12 27.3504 109 0.51 67
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2013-08-15T23:14:03.60 0.6 undecidable manual S 248 30.3474 107 -0.34 46
IV.MSRU.HHZ. 2013-08-15T23:14:02.84 0.1 positive manual P 74 53.7018 98 -0.07 93
IV.ATN.BHE. 2013-08-15T23:14:01.88 0.6 undecidable manual P 87 48.0186 99 -0.17 46
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2013-08-15T23:14:01.77 0.1 undecidable manual S 121 22.755 115 -0.27 95
IV.MPNC.HHZ. 2013-08-15T23:14:00.46 0.1 undecidable manual P 88 38.2284 102 -0.11 95
IV.ILLI.HHE. 2013-08-15T23:14:00.80 0.6 undecidable manual P 5 34.6431 104 0.77 40
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2013-08-15T23:14:00.02 0.1 undecidable manual S 264 16.0728 127 -0.5 91
IV.MNO.SHZ. 2013-08-15T23:13:59.56 0.1 negative manual P 220 29.6481 107 0.28 92
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2013-08-15T23:13:59.68 0.3 undecidable manual S 199 10.7781 140 0.2 73
IV.IVPL.HHZ. 2013-08-15T23:13:59.21 0.1 undecidable manual P 12 27.3504 109 0.25 94
IV.NOV.HHZ. 2013-08-15T23:13:58.11 0.1 undecidable manual P 121 22.755 115 -0.18 96
IV.MSFR.HHZ. 2013-08-15T23:13:58.89 0.3 undecidable manual P 248 30.3474 107 -0.5 66
IV.MCPD.HHZ. 2013-08-15T23:13:57.29 0.1 undecidable manual P 264 16.0728 127 -0.12 98
IV.MUCR.HHE. 2013-08-15T23:13:56.87 0.1 undecidable manual P 199 10.7781 140 0.05 100
Station Magnitude and Amplitude
SCNL mag Generic_amplitude Period Type Category Unit Time_window_reference
IV.GALF.HHN. ML:1.7 0.00010955 0.58 AML other m 2013-08-15T23:14:18.26
IV.GALF.HHE. ML:1.7 0.00011049999999999999 0.54 AML other m 2013-08-15T23:14:22.00
IV.IFIL.HHN. ML:2.6 0.0007624999999999999 1.28 AML other m 2013-08-15T23:14:12.55
IV.MCPD.HHE. ML:1.9 0.0005589999999999999 0.2 AML other m 2013-08-15T23:14:00.37
IV.MCPD.HHN. ML:2.1 0.000874 0.32 AML other m 2013-08-15T23:14:00.32
IV.MNO.SHE. ML:2.3 0.0007949999999999999 1.4 AML other m 2013-08-15T23:14:05.17
IV.MNO.SHN. ML:2.2 0.0007365 0.96 AML other m 2013-08-15T23:14:04.93
IV.MPNC.HHN. ML:2.2 0.000492 0.34 AML other m 2013-08-15T23:14:06.92
IV.MPNC.HHE. ML:2.2 0.0005304999999999999 0.4 AML other m 2013-08-15T23:14:06.97
IV.MSFR.HHN. ML:1.7 0.000217 0.26 AML other m 2013-08-15T23:14:03.90
IV.MSFR.HHE. ML:1.8 0.00024349999999999998 0.26 AML other m 2013-08-15T23:14:03.93
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